Mimi Pickering | Telecom giants benefit but Kentucky could lose

2:25 AM,
Feb. 21, 2014

Mimi Pickering

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Mimi Pickering
| Special to The Courier-Journal

Senate Bill 99, the AT&T-drafted legislation, is a great deal for the telecommunications giants AT&T, Windstream and Cincinnati Bell. It will allow them to abandon their least profitable customers and service areas as well as public protection obligations. But it is a risky and potentially dangerous bet for Kentuckians. Kentucky House members should turn it down.

Everyone agrees that access to affordable high-speed Internet is a good thing for Kentucky. However, despite what AT&T officials say, SB 99 does nothing to require or guarantee increased broadband investment, especially in ...